Mellowmarsh

AI says…Psychology and sociology heavily support the idea that most humans are shaped by cultural conditioning. From birth, we internalize beliefs, values, and behaviors through repetition and social rewards or punishments. This process seamlessly aligns with our innate evolutionary drive to belong to a group. ———- My personal opinion on this matter is …. Cult is just a shortened version of Culture, which in general is just human programmed conditioned shared beliefs from birth. . . But I see no evidence that the subject topics discussed here on Leo’s forum is of a cult mentality. Quite the opposite is true in fact. It’s more to do with deconstructing belief systems, not artificially creating them via manipulation and control. That’s not what I see happening here. No one participating here or following is ever forced or obligated to believe anything that’s being said or written here. The topics here at actualised.org is more about doing away with All BELIEF systems, rather than just blindly believing anything you read or hear as gospel truth, it’s about making your own mind up, and not having your mind made up by someone else.

Gods got this. Not you.

Yes, because the self never tells itself it’s a self. Self exists as a concept known, and that which is known knows nothing, it’s like illusion knowing it’s an illusion.

For the human being, the only true certainty is that it is conscious. Everything else is linguistics. Perhaps all the other life forms of varying species have their own secret language code. Who knows but the one who knows itself?

Nice!👌 The body and all physical objects exist in reality. But “self” is not the body. It is not an object; it does not exist in reality. There is no “self” separate from what’s happening, no little broken-off piece of life that is a special “me” that you own and can direct and control, separate from the whole. Drop the clinging to a control you never had.

Nice! 👌

Yes, and a dog never refers to itself as a dog. A dog never tells itself it is a dog. There’s just dog, nothing more, nothing less.

A book is a story with a beginning and an end. Many authors appear, but there’s only one reader of writing no one ever writ. The story is inseparable from the book. We perceive things. Labelling happens immediately, and then the stories start. It feels like the “I” is the controller. But is it really? Or is the “I” just another story?

Birth and Death are the same thing, they just differ in appearance.

You is a two way mirror effect as and through projection and self-recognition. When you deeply admire a trait in someone else, it usually means that quality is something you value, cultivate, or possess within your own character.

Great quote.

Hahaha, I can’t get over how he manages to keep a straight face during his talks. His demeanour is so nonchalant, and then out of the blue he’ll just spontaneously burst into a fit of laughter. 😂 Yes, it’s that “ non dual “ joke that never wears off.

People can say all kinds of things. Take being aware you are aware as a self-conscious being for example. Being conscious you are conscious can be a curse, insofar as to be conscious you are going to die can cause an existential dread. Or to be conscious of the pain of torture can be a curse because there’s no way to escape this self-consciousness unless you are unconscious which would be like a relief or a blessing. It’s like a mind fuck, being self- aware, tbh. Yes, you can also be conscious of all the pleasures in life as well, so it’s all about the price we are willing to pay for being self-aware entities.

I’m not sure, but I’m assuming he means loving yourself as if there’s a self there to begin with. Who is this self that loves itself is the one question to all our answers. Is Love actually real, or it it just another illusion. Is love just another survival tactic evolution uses to propagate life to continue. IDK tbh.

Kinds of Love. 1: Loving yourself first to be able to love others is a foundation of healthy, sustainable love. Rather than being selfish, it’s about having a "full cup" so you can give to others from a place of abundance. It relies on self-worth, mutual respect, and emotional maturity. 2: Agape (Selfless & Unconditional Love) The Focus: It is outward-focused and completely altruistic. It is a deliberate choice to love, serve, and sacrifice for another person's ultimate good, regardless of whether that person "deserves" it or can reciprocate. 3: Eros (Romantic & Passionate Love) The Focus: It is largely self-centred in its initial stages, motivated by the desire to be with someone and to fulfill one's own needs for passion, companionship, and intimacy.

This happens because the egoic mind struggles to process two completely different ways of viewing reality simultaneously. For example: You cannot be and not be at the exact same time. But paradoxically you can know being and not being is the way the mind plays out. You conceptually understand the duality of birth and death. Appearance and Disappearance. You can also intellectually understand everything is "one," yet you still experience the practical necessity of functioning as a distinct individual. As the Rumi quote drop/ocean states.. Rather than a trap, confusion can act as a bridge. Bridging the gap in understanding the illusion of separate individual experience to be real, but not what it fundamentally seems to be. Switching context is the key.

Yeah I like Jim, his laughter is so genuine straight from the belly. It’s so contagious.

😂 LoL Jim Newman morphed into Jim Oldman that died and emerged as Jim Noman. Lol

Only an animal would know the answer, surely?

I can imagine!

If you’re body could speak right now, what do you think it would say?

Not quite right, but almost. The apple is not the tree because observing knows the apple separates from the tree. However, there is no apple without a tree, and there’s no tree without an apple because both are the inseparable Appletree.

Mind the Gap. Im Possible. Mind is known in this conception that is knower and known communication. But that which is known knows nothing, because the mind is never seen, only known. Closing gaps is the entrance to infinity.

Indeed, J What humans think of as “knowledge” and “sense of self” are actually just cultivated glimpses of their alienation, which is suffering. The detachment from truth feels alien. One cannot be attached to truth either, same problem because there’s no separation there at all. This artificial separation once recognised is the end of suffering and knowledge both. What’s left is pure nakedness.